Faculty

Education:
Professional Experience:
Classes:
Students Supervised:
Ali Ansari (Ph.D. Candidate)
Benjamin Emley (Ph.D. Candidate)
Fan Jingjing (Ph.D Student)
Pasan Bandara (Ph.D. Candidate)
Sachin Paudel (Ph.D. Candidate)
Sofia Fanourakis (Ph.D. Candidate)
Janire Peña Bahamonde (Post-doctoral fellow)
Hang N. Nguyen (Post-doctoral fellow)
Ying Zhou (Post-doctoral fellow)
Rheamay Antonio (visiting Ph.D. student from UP Diliman)
Louie Anciado Lapenas (visiting Ph.D. student from UP Diliman)
FORMER LABORATORY MEMBERS:
- Dr. Farid Ahmed (UH Ph.D. graduate)
- Dr. Isis Mejias (UH Ph.D. graduate)
- Dr. Tugba Onal Okyay (UH Ph.D. graduate)
- Dr. Hang N. Nguyen (UH Ph.D. graduate)
- Ms. Caitlin Carrigan (UH M.S. graduate)
- Dr. Enrico Nadres (Post-doctoral fellow)
- Dr. Felipe Ibañez (Post-doctoral fellow)
- Dr. Catherine M. Santos (Laboratory manager)
- Dr. Yvonne Musico (UP Diliman Ph.D. Graduate)
- Dr. Ruji Medina (UP Diliman Ph.D. Graduate )
- Dr. Jem Perez (PUP Diliman Ph.D. Graduate)
- Mr. Aries Solenn Arcega (Ph.D. visiting scholar from UP Diliman)
- Mr. Fatih Aksoy (Ph.D. visiting scholar from Izmir Katip Celebi University, Turkey)
- Ms. Natália R. Guimarães (Visiting Ph.D. student University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
- Mr. Rodrigo Cardoso de Oliveira (visiting Ph.D. student University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
- Dr. Louise Hase Gracioso (visiting Ph.D. student from CEPEMA POLI-USP)
- Ms. Okozide Osekokhune (visiting Ph.D. Student from Nigeria)
- Ms. Salametu Saibu (visiting Ph.D. student from Nigeria)
- Mr. Alex Leon (undergraduate)
- Ms. Krystal Gutierrez (undergraduate)
- Mr. Mark Sharpe (undergraduate)
- Ms. Yolci Ruiz Velazquez (undergraduate)
- Ms. Sarah Rai (undergraduate)
- Ms. Kelly Hainline (undergraduate)
- Ms. Lauren Blake (undergraduate)
- Ms. Mariana Reis Monteiro da Cruz (undergraduate)
- Ms. Francielle França (undergraduate)
- Ms. Mihn Do (Undergraduate)
- Ms. Sujata Gautam (undergraduate)
- Mr. Yuri Finotti Ribeiro Mendes (undergraduate)
- Mr. Mateus Padua Sousa (undergraduate)
- Ms. Brittany Trinh (undergraduate)
- Mr. Matthew Gage Murray (undergraduate)
- Ms. Olivia Kuligowski (undergraduate)
- Mr. Aaron Perez (undergraduate)
VISITING FACULTY:
- Prof. Liqiu Zhang (Guangzhou University, China), 2015-2016
- Prof. Shugeng Li (Guangzhou University, China), 2015-2016
- Prof. Clemencia Chaves Lopez (Università degli Studi di Teramo)
Research Awards:
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Other Awards and Honors:
STUDENT AWARDS AND HONORS:
- Ms. Jingjing Fan receives second place in the best elevated speech of her research project at the SNO conference (2014)
- Dr. Tugba Onal Okyay receives second place for the best Ph.D. dissertation award in the UH College of Engineering (2015)
Research Interests:
The central topic of my research interest is water quality and sustainability. My research is divided in three main topics: (i) better understanding of the aquatic system and its microbial ecology; (ii) investigation of the effects of nanomaterials on the environment (more specifically, carbon-based nanomaterials) through application of molecular biology and nanotoxicological tools, and; (iii) development of new nanotechonologies and biotechnologies to keep the aquatic system safe and remove unwanted contaminants.
Patents:
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Selected Publications:
Reviewer for Scholarly Journals
Environmental Science and Technology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, FEMS Microbiology Letter, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Journal of Biotechnology, Antarctic Science, Current Microbiology, Journal of Basic Microbiology, Global Research Journal of Microbiology, Biofouling, Extremophiles, Open Forensic Science Journal, Journal of Environmental Informatics, RSC Advances, Soft Matter, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, Analytical Methods, Journal of Zhejiang University Science B, International Journal of Ambient Energy, nanoscale, Langmuir, Toxicology Research, ACS nano, Journal of Materials Chemistry, Analyst, Journal of Hazardous materials, Carbon, Analytical Chemistry, Water Research, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Chemical Engineering Journal, Science of the Total Environment, polymers, metallomics, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, chemosphere, BMC Genomics, Bioresource Technology, Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, Analytical Methods, Environmental Engineering Science, Water Environment Research, Environmental Chemistry Letters, ES&T Letters, PLOS ONE, Applied Surface Science, Ecological Engineering, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Journal of Microbiological Methods, Materials Research Bulletin.
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
1) Professional organization activities:
• Lecture Committee Member for AEESP (2014-2017)
• Co-chair of the Lecture committees for AEESP (2016-2018)
• WEFTEC Subcommittee Assistant Chair (2016-2018)
• Session chair at the Environmental Challenges and Innovations conference ( 2011)
• Session chair at the Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization Conference (2016)
2) Editorial Board Member:
Journal of Bioremediation & Biodegradation (Omics publishing group)
Environmental Science: Nano (Royal Society of Chemistry) since September 2016
3) Professional Memberships:
Member of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME), International Water Association (IWA), American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), American Chemical Society (ACS)
4) Ad Hoc Reviewer for Scholarly Journal: Environmental Science and Technology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, FEMS Microbiology Letter, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Journal of Biotechnology, Antarctic Science, Current Microbiology, Journal of Basic Microbiology, Global Research Journal of Microbiology, Biofouling, Extremophiles, Open Forensic Science Journal, Journal of Environmental Informatics, RSC Advances, Soft Matter, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, Analytical Methods, Journal of Zhejiang University Science B, International Journal of Ambient Energy, nanoscale, Langmuir, Toxicology Research, ACS nano, Journal of Materials Chemistry, Analyst, Journal of Hazardous materials, Carbon, Analytical Chemistry, Water Research, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Chemical Engineering Journal, Science of the Total Environment, polymers, metallomics, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, chemosphere, BMC Genomics, Bioresource Technology, Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, Analytical Methods, Environmental Engineering Science, Water Environment Research, Environmental Chemistry Letters, ES&T Letters, PLOS ONE, Applied Surface Science, Ecological Engineering, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Journal of Microbiological Methods, Materials Research Bulletin.
5) Ad Hoc Reviewer for Grant Proposals
Served in the NSF, NASA and NIHEHS review panels, Antarctica New Zealand Program, the Chinese Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases/Health and Health Services Research Fund, Proposal reviewer for the Maryland Industrial Partnerships Program at the University of Maryland, and United States- Israel Binational Science Foundation, China-Israel Cooperative Scientific Research program, COST Swiss program from the State Secretariat for Education Research and Innovation SERI.
News:
Research with Graphene oxide and wastewater is featured in this website: http://www.dugdug.com/dr-debroa-rodrigues-microbial-effects-graphene
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